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Avenel may refer to: *Avenel, Victoria, Australia **Avenel railway station *Avenel-Hillandale, Maryland, a historic place near Washington, D.C. *Avenel, New Jersey, United States **Avenel (NJT station) *Avenel (Bedford, Virginia), a NRHP listing in Bedford, Virginia *Avenel Cooperative Housing Project, a historic cooperative housing project in Silver Lake, Los Angeles, California *TPC Potomac at Avenel Farms, a golf course in Potomac, Maryland *The Avenel family of Scotland, including Robert Avenel {{disambig ...
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Avenel, Victoria
Avenel is a small town in Victoria, Australia. It is in the Shire of Strathbogie local government area. At the , Avenel had a population of 1,048, up from 728 at the and 552 at the . History The Post Office opened on 2 June 1858. It is frequently stated as having been named for a village in Gloucestershire by Henry Kent Hughes. The name "Avenel" also appears in Sir Walter Scott's '' Tales from Benedictine Sources'': ''The Monastery'' (1820) and ''The Abbot'' (1820) as the name of a castle and family, that own it. Hughes settled there in 1838, laid out the future town, and named the Hughes Creek, which flows through it. The Avenel Court of Petty Sessions closed on 25 March 1969, with the former courthouse subsequently being used by local community groups. Avenel was the hometown of Ned Kelly in his younger years, where he saved a boy from drowning in the local Hughes Creek. His brother and father are buried in the Avenel cemetery. Kelly and his family went to school in Ave ...
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